Nice to see Ross get the extended time. He definitely earned it. I hope he shows more of this for the rest of the season, because it shows how good a feel for the game he has. Pretty good instincts. Soft touch. I thought he played solid D tonight, and I think he does have the chance to be a very good defensive SG.

Rudy Gay and his leadership + amir just being the warrior hes been all season is the high points of this game, really looks like the kind of game the Bargnani Raps pre Gay Era would have went out and find a way to lose. DeMar Lowry just werent giving a shit tonight and you cant have that in any game.

sadly I have had to miss the past couple games and will miss many more due to my new job.. am shocked to see the game thread with only 3 pages, seems bare these days with how shitty we've been playing.. hope this was a good game.. by god Rudy shot above 50%!

He was driving tonight, and I loved seeing that aggressiveness, and what is awesome about it, is he has a quick first step, and terrific elevation, so he can blow by defenders, and shoot/float right over top defenders. He's got to make better decisions offensively sometimes, especially the shot selection, but that's all in confidence, and him being a rookie.

Ross is also a good defender, but has poor fundamentals, jumps far too often, and gets beat so easily, and with that athleticism, that's unacceptable. Anyways, his defensive ceiling is higher than his offensive one in my opinion, but that's not putting down the offense, this guy can be a more efficient, smarter, aggressive J.R Smith type. Hopefully he can be better, but that's what I see right now.

As much as he had a bad game, he did go to the free throw line, which means he was attacking regardless of the way he was finishing - DUNK THE BALL - and doing other things on the floor.

Weirdest thing about the "is Demar aggressive debate?" is definitely the discrepancy between fts and dunks. He is one of the better players in the league (especially considering he gets absolutely no star-whistle) at getting to the line. He's probably one of the worst among those players at finishing with dunks.
I generally defend his aggression, because of the FTs. I more question his bball IQ because of the dunks, in that he'll pull up or change shots to take a softer one, thinking he can get it around the D, instead of just going for teh shot that if he gets through the D is near 100% and more likely to draw a foul (even one that is a lucky call). They need to make a tape of every play he could've even attempted a dunk and make him watch it every day for the whole summer.

Weirdest thing about the "is Demar aggressive debate?" is definitely the discrepancy between fts and dunks. He is one of the better players in the league (especially considering he gets absolutely no star-whistle) at getting to the line. He's probably one of the worst among those players at finishing with dunks.
I generally defend his aggression, because of the FTs. I more question his bball IQ because of the dunks, in that he'll pull up or change shots to take a softer one, thinking he can get it around the D, instead of just going for teh shot that if he gets through the D is near 100% and more likely to draw a foul (even one that is a lucky call). They need to make a tape of every play he could've even attempted a dunk and make him watch it every day for the whole summer.

If he went strong hard like he did versus Roy Hibbert (missed, but was fouled) I would start a thread to raise his number to the rafters now. He would not have to retire. Just put it up there now.

Rudy looked FIRE in the game too, the guy looked like he was playing for something. (Maybe all these bloggers and fans finally getting to him?)

I think its cause Rudy comes from a winning team and is a competitor himself that he always plays his game, We cant have him be a part of Raps losing nature. Good signs from the leader tonight as Lowry and DeRozan seemed to have checked out..